Programs

Our Programs

Graphic Design Multimedia Web and Photography Faculty

Visual communication is the exchange of thoughts and ideas through visual elements. Visually designed goods are everywhere and touch nearly every part of our lives. As society’s appetite for professional, engaging work increases, the knowledge and skill to produce effective visuals becomes more valuable. Our programs are aligned with the Adobe Certified Associate Exams and designed to take you from novice to entry level professional as quickly as possible.

Our highly respected programs offer one of the best values for graphic, multimedia and web design in the state. We are a strong group of industry experienced faculty trained to teach you what you need to know to be A SUCCESS. Our small class room sizes of no more than 24 students ensure that each student gets individual attention.

At DCTC, you can learn the skills needed to become part of this exciting career field. You have the opportunity to explore many visual communication methods available today and create work that will help you find a path to your future. We can get YOU there!

You will learn Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to produce graphics and layouts for print and screen for the marketing, educational and entertainment industries. Apply the principles of design, typography, color theory, page layout and graphics production using state of the art iMacs and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. You will learn to create strong visual designs that influence how people view and interact with client content. Complete hands-on projects that lead to the construction of your industry ready online and printed portfolio.

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WEB DESIGN

You will learn current best practices and mobile first design in our web design program. Design mood and story boards, flowcharts, wire frames and prototypes to present to clients. Learn HTML, CSS and Javascript and powerful web building Adobe software such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Muse and Adobe’s new prototyping tool, Experience Design (Xd). You will also learn to work with Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. Learn the fundamentals of User Interface (UI) design, User Experience (UX) and web design project management. Complete hands-on projects that lead to the construction of your industry ready online and printed portfolio.

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MULTIMEDIA DESIGN

Starting with storyboards, you will learn to produce animations and cross platform interactive interfaces using the all new Adobe Animate. Edit audio and video with Adobe Premier Pro and Audition and learn how to output for various uses. Create, light, animate and render 3D creations with Autodesk 3DS Max. Learn how to design for mobile apps, create interactive pdf’s, epubs, and HTML mail. Complete hands-on projects that lead to the construction of you industry ready online and printed portfolio.

Job Seekers Are In Command:

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